Revive Rome: Wait! Why not make the empress fall in love with me first?
Chapter 237 - 35: Meeting the Parents

Chapter 237: Chapter 35: Meeting the Parents

The plaza in front of the church.

Under the impact of the shield, several mercenaries tumbled to the ground.

"Remember this! The Azure Longsword!" Under Eleanor’s pointing long spear, the fallen mercenaries scrambled to their feet and fled, shouting, "Colluding with the Iron Ship Mercenary Group, we won’t let you go!"

These guys ran away in a panic. Eleanor put away her shield and was surprised to see across the street that Aske and two girls had returned.

"Squad Leader!" Her face showed surprise, then she quickly came to her senses and asked seriously, "The code?"

Aske touched his pocket and hesitated, "Which set of codes are you using now?"

"The seventh set," Eleanor said.

Aske gave a bitter smile, "When we were teleported, there wasn’t a seventh set of codes, right?"

Eleanor was momentarily stunned, then could only offer a bitter smile.

Due to the characteristic that a code is void once it’s broken, the three sets of codes originally prepared by the girls were exhausted after the Squad Leader’s disappearance, so they had created several more... Now asking Aske for the corresponding code, of course, he couldn’t produce it.

"So how can you prove you’re the Squad Leader?" Eleanor asked seriously.

"How about using Extraordinary Swordsmanship?" suggested Aske.

Extraordinary Swordsmanship, inherently embodying Extraordinary Law, naturally also fell outside the copying ability of this mutation, a fact previously confirmed by Thira.

Therefore, Eleanor nodded and said, "Then I’m coming."

She lowered her body and charged powerfully, her long spear thrusting rapidly forward, the Starting Move of the Dragon Continuous Attack—the Dragon Spear.

Aske casually sidestepped, dodging Eleanor’s Dragon Spear which thrust into empty air, and she swiftly raised her left hand shield to smash it toward him.

Shield Strike!

Aske jumped back again, dodging the shield strike, and as Eleanor drew back her shield, he lunged forward with his long sword, stabbing quickly.

Star Nine Forms - Sharp Breaking.

Eleanor quickly lifted her shield to block, only to see her opponent’s blade suddenly drop and stab toward her legs, unprotected by her shield. She could only quickly lower the shield, and then the long sword rested on the upper edge of her shield, pointing directly at the center of her brow.

Indeed, it was the Squad Leader’s signature Extraordinary Swordsmanship, always breaking through the defense with completely incomprehensible metaphysical techniques, leaving others clueless about how they were hit.

"Aske!" Eleanor exhaled in relief, moving forward somewhat excitedly.

Then Nora stepped between her and Aske.

"After such a long reunion, shouldn’t you welcome your best friend first?" she asked impatiently.

"Of course, Nora." Eleanor smiled sheepishly, sheathed her long sword, readied her shield, and then gently hugged Nora.

"Welcome back."

......

"The Squad Leader is back! The mutation is over!"

The good news quickly spread from outside the church to inside, and then to Fire Island. The girls were all teleported into the church’s hall, warmly greeting the two girls they had long missed.

Of course, no one needed to worry about the Squad Leader; wherever he went, he was never in danger.

"Anyway, in that underground research facility, we defeated many mercenaries controlled by the Heart Stealer, and finally resolved the source of the mutation," Nora described vividly. Out of certain considerations, she omitted that the final boss was Medusa.

"What does a Heart Stealer look like?" Thira asked curiously.

"Like an octopus," Nora said, "with many tentacles."

"Can it be grilled and eaten?" Sigrdrifa inquired.

"No, grilling a Heart Stealer would get you suspended," Nora stated.

Sigrdrifa: ???

"Ah, speaking of suspension, did you know that the underground ruins are actually a secret research facility of the Ancient Solomon Empire?" Nora said gleefully with joined hands, "Actually..."

"Nora," Thira sighed, "you’ve already mentioned the ’secret research facility’ three times now."

"Did I?" Nora blinked, "Then let’s talk about how Aske was initially scorned by the swordsmen, and later revered by them in awe."

"You’ve already said that five times," Mia remarked.

"Then... then I’ll talk about Aske’s handsome fighting process," Peggy offered.

"Twenty times," Peggy countered.

"That’s impossible!" Nora exclaimed in shock. "There couldn’t possibly be that many!"

"Squad Leader is so handsome! That sentence alone was said more than twenty times," Peggy quipped.

On the other side, on Fire Island, Aske and Medea stared blankly at a pile of coins and Wizard Stone Fragments on the ground.

"So, during the time we were away, you all were doing business?" After a while, Aske finally came to his senses and asked Eleanor.

"Yes," Eleanor replied with a bitter smile. "Seemingly by accident, we ended up making money."

Aske and Medea: ......

So, we were fighting tooth and nail below, and you still made more than us?

Half an hour later.

Outside the small town in Carinthia, the Duke’s camp, everyone clearly saw the changes in the town. It seemed the mutant had disappeared.

Mercenaries from the town continuously came out, settling accounts with the Duke’s Cabinet.

"Has The Azure Longsword not come out yet?" Ludwig stood at the entrance to the camp.

"Yes," the attendant replied. "They have not yet settled accounts with the Duke."

"How did the assessment of that young man go?" Ludwig shifted the topic.

"A very outstanding mechanic," the attendant answered. "Not to mention equipment maintenance, his knowledge and skills with Power Armor are also quite proficient. He appears to have some practical experience."

"Go ask him if he is willing to serve the Weisbach family as our exclusive craftsman," Ludwig said indifferently.

"Yes," the attendant hesitated.

"You are wondering why I want to poach from The Azure Longsword?" Ludwig looked at him and slowly said.

"It is your will, and I have no say in the matter," the attendant replied, kneeling on one knee.

"Mercenary..." Ludwig mused, "working for money, what future can there be? Only those who are desperate, who can’t manage by conventional means, resort to the mercenary industry to make a living."

"That is to say, if The Azure Longsword itself disbands, then Miss Eleanor will only have the choice to return to her family," the attendant said as if realizing.

"The things she treasures are, in fact, worth nothing before us," Ludwig shook his head. "According to the information provided by that young man, let Judith draft a job and wage plan targeting every member of The Azure Longsword."

"Yes," the attendant replied.

About an hour later, after sweeping through and gathering the spoils at the Underground Ruins Research Institute, the people of The Azure Longsword finally appeared at the gate of the town.

"Brother?" Eleanor looked in astonishment at the young nobleman standing at the gate of the camp.

"Eleanor," Ludwig eyes lingered on her, he sighed, "Have you had fun outside?"

"Not bad," Eleanor said, guiltily.

"Come back if you’ve had enough," Ludwig said.

"I..." Eleanor tried to speak, but Ludwig interrupted her.

"Ever since you left without a word, Father sent out a lot of people to look for you, even reconciled with the Wolf family just because he worried you might have gone south into the Lombardy Territory," Ludwig sighed. "Mother’s health is also very poor. How much longer do you want to continue wandering?"

He turned his head and examined Aske, "Leader of The Azure Longsword, Lord Aske?"

"Hello," Aske nodded in greeting.

"Thank you for taking care of my sister during this time," Ludwig stated flatly. "The Weisbach family cordially invites you to visit Mingxing City (the capital of the Bavarian Duchy)."

"Oh, sure," before Eleanor could speak, Aske had already nodded in agreement, causing Eleanor to exclaim in embarrassment, "Leader!"

"That’s settled then," Ludwig grabbed Eleanor’s arm, "Let’s go."

"Wait, brother! Let me explain a few things to them first..." Eleanor tried to resist, but Ludwig pulled her away without further discussion.

"Eleanor’s brother is pretty fierce," Nora watched them, feeling uneasy and inexplicably reminded of her own brother.

Luckily, I wasn’t the one who ran away from home, she thought to herself, feeling relieved.